Purity

I should have shared this with you earlier but i know its never too late. The year is still very young and we can still choose lifestyles which will have positive impact in our lives and in the peope around us.On the 31st day of December 2011, I woke up very happy because it was the last day of the year and i had lived to see it too. I was  prepared to go to church later that evening to give thanks to God for my life as well as family and friends.Most churches in Ghana have a watch night service on every last day of the year, irrespective of what day it is.In my church it is called the Cross Over Service and it is usually held at the Accra Sports Stadium.



At 8 o clock  pm, i was ready for church, i set off in very high spirit and i couldn't wait to be in the house of God ( hallelujah) I  quickly hopped out of the car when i arrived and I bought for  myself a new white handkerchief which i intended to wave as i sung praises to my maker.Still in very high spirit, I made my way upstairs where i could get the best view. On reaching my chosen spot, I noticed the seat was rather very dirty, I looked to the next, then to the next but it was worse. I quickly looked into my bag with the hope of finding a tissue, facial wipe, piece of paper or anything. I  stood in front of my seat as my search intensified, after  some minutes i admitted that there was nothing to find. What was i to do? I had two choices, the first was to use my newly bought handkerchief to clean the seat or to sit on the dirty chair with my neatly ironed white attire.

 I did not like any of the options but i finally i decided on the handkerchief. That decision was even more painful when i saw the amount of dust it collected. If the dirt collected were facial powder, it will take me a number of daily applications to finish it. As i sat, not happy about my handkerchief i noticed other people also hesitated when it they had to clean the chairs with anything other than a tissue. Some even chose to sit without having to use their handkerchiefs and i could understand why. Who buys something new and uses it in such a manner? If i had known what the handkerchief would have been used for, wouldn't I have asked for a different colouro ther than white? Preferably brown or black!

The service continued and when the usher asked if we could shift to occupy the empty seats to our left, not a single soul moved! No way!!! I will rather have people walk all over my toes and cause them to bleed in an attempt to get to the seats to my left than for me to shift to my left! I refused to indulge in such an activity as cleaning another seat again with my now dark brown handkerchief.

Like the story of the handkerchiefs, God loves us and made us pure in his eyes. He expects us to live a pure life too but too many times we disobey him . A simple handkerchief which was bought and for less than a cedi, yet we frown on the fact that we had use it in a rather unusual way, although it is so easy for us to indulge in all sorts of ungodly acts. How will God feel about us? The very ones he created and in his own image? He died on the cross to cleanse us of our sins so we must thrive to live each day of our lives as true representatives of Jesus Christ and we must do so with clean heart......clean thoughts and clean hands...... So help us God